Roller-bearing.



J; P'FOSTER. ROLLER BEARING.) I AB-PLIQATION YIL'ED Nov. 28, 1910.

' Patented Jam, 1913.

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l lhll lihllll ilh l JOHN F. I QQEER, OF KANSAS CITY, KANFSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '2', rule.

Application filed llovemher 28, 1910. Serial No. 594,596.

citizen oi": the United States, residing at v lconform to and lit srmarcly against the Kansas City, in the county oi? llyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller- Bearings, of which the following is a. specification.

-his invention relates to roller bearings, and more espec ally to bearings embodying conical rollers arranged circularly and in a convergingrelation, and my object is to produce a roller bearing embodying resiliency as its characteristic feature so that it will yield under the imposition of a strain surficient to crush a roilcr and distribute such strain on two or more rollers.

With this general object in vies, the invention consists in certain novel and pccul einatious of parts as hereinafter describ d. and ciaimedyaud in order that it may be fully understood reference to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which v:-

Figure 1, is an end view of a hearing embodying my invention. Fig. 2, a section on the line II-H of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a fragmentary perspective view oil cage forming a part of the invention.

In the said drawing, 1. is a conical bear in sleeve to-be mounted on, a shaft (not shown), provided with an internal circular channel 2, and an external circular rib 3, the preferred construction embodying a pair of such ribs, one located near each. end of the sleeve. Thesleeve is preferably made' oi? resilient material and secured to the shaftin such a manner that it may flex slightly under certain conditions. A circular collar 4, surrounds the conical sleeve and is of ta erin form internall the ta erin innerface extending for the greater of the width of the collar and bearing a convergmg relation with respect to said sleeve, and

near the reduced end oi? the lattenthe angle of said tapering ace is lessened as at 6; The collar 4, is preferably of resilient IIIEL' terial, and if so is T 'eferably reduced in thickness for the 2 part of its width byythe provision of an external groove 7, this reduction in thickness permitting the collar under certain conditions to spring or flex for a reason hereinafter mentioned, and said collar if made flexible as described,

is adapted to be s,o,, s upported or carried by means not shown, that it shall be capable oi lie-ring under certain conditions.

A series oi conical rollers 8 tapered to its small or reduced end with. an'annular groove 9, and outward of such groove the roller is of reduced diameter for the purpose of accommodating automatic endwise adjustment or crcepage of the collar toward the large ends of the rollers, this adjust ment taking up the wear on the rollers and collar, it being obvious that each roller has a slight endwise movement with respect to the sleeve, to provide .for an equitable distribution of strain on the rollers in the event they are of unequal size. The external rib 8 of the sleeve, engages the grooves 9 of the rollers, with suiiicient snugness to guard against any possibility of dislocation or disarrangcment of the rollers. In the event that each roller is provided. with asingle groove 8, as shown, only one rib 3 of the conical sleeve, will engage such groove. A circular cage 10 of conical or tapering form, is arranged concentrically between the sleeve and co'llar andis provided with. openingsll spaced a uniform distance apart and receiving the said rollers, and projecting outward from the cage at opposite sides of each opening 11 thereof, are lugs 12, which engage the grooves 9 of the interposed rollers to maintain them against lateral displacement,

that is to say, the lugs of the cage serve to maintain the rollers at equal distances apartarouud the sleeve and to hold the cage in concentric relation to the sleeve and collar, and in this connection it is to be understood that in my preferred construction, the lugs mentioned will be resilient, not only for the purpose of flexibility, but in order that they may be sprung apart to permit the rollers to be fitted down into the openings of the cage from the outer side thereof. In practies the cage will first be arranged around the sleeve, so that when the rollers are slipped into the-openings of the cage, the rib 3, of the sleeve will engage the grooves 9 ofrthe rollers. The collar is then slipped over the rollers, and the proportion of the parts is such that the line of junction of the beveled faces 5' and 6 coincides with 'or.

occupies the same vertical plane as the inner ends of the body portions of the rollers, so that the collar as it wears may travel endwise in the direction of the enlarged ends of the rollers, the wear on the collar increasing the area of surface 5, and diminishing the area 'of surface 6. The provision of taper 6 avoidsany possibility of the'rollers I wearing a channel in the collar and thereby permits the same to automatically move endwise as-explained, to take up wear. To

' resist end thrust, the outer r'ib' 3, of the sleeve, overlaps the outer ends of the rollers, and twisting movement of said ends of the I rollers, is prevented by centering tongues 13,

projecting into the outer ends of the rollers,

we from the cage at the outer ends of the opening 11 thereof.

-. From the above description it will be apparent that I- have produced, a roller bearing of: simple, durable and inexpensive constr'uctiomand which may be modified in minor particulars without departing from the principle of construction as defined by the appended claim.

' I claim sleeve provided with an external circumferent al'rib, a collar surrounding saidsleeve ing with respect to the smaller end of the sleeve, hollow conical rollers interposed between said sleeve and collar and each provided' with an external circumferential in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F, FOSTER. "Vitnesses: I I i I HELEN C. RODGERS,

G. Y. THORPE.

and internally tapered toward and converggroove receiving the rib of said sleeve, and' a circular cage fitting between the sleeve and In testimony whereof I aflix my 'signature,

A roller bearing, comprising a "conical 

